Reversion of an E. coli strain carrying an IS1-activated bgl operon under nonselective conditions is predominantly due to deletions within the structural genes

Journal of Genetics

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-26

  Yakkundi, Anita ^a   Moorthy, Sudha ^a   Mahadevan, S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Cryptic genes; Microbial evolution; glucoside utilization

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032034287     PISSN: 00221333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02933037     Document Type: Article

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